Hello lovelies! I've missed you all! I'm assuming you missed me, I mean, how could you not?
Anywho, when I first started writing this story, I wrote about things that I wished would happen to me. I wished that someone would send me autocorrect fails to make me smile, or tell me how much they love me. And ironically, just that happened.
Once those things started happening to me and I fell in love, I kind of lost my muse. However, I've gotten it back and now any really fluffy things that don't have to do with the actual plot of the show are things that have been done to me in my love life.
Bet that was more than you wanted to know, but I thought I owed you all an explanation about why I suddenly took a leave of absence.
So, without further ado, this chapter is for Lanafan7151977 with the prompt: "The birth of Emma and Regina's first grandchild" and MetanoiaAm with the prompt: "Henry has a baby with Violet. The Swan-Mills family goes to the hospital to meet their newest member."
Thought I would kill two birds with one stone. Enjoy!
"How long has it been?" Ava asked.
"Five minutes since you asked the last time," Lola snapped. "And you say I'm the one who doesn't have any patience."
Emma chuckled. "Relax Ava, we're all anxious. But there's really nothing that we can do now but sit here and wait."
"Why does having a baby take so long?" Lola asked.
"Good question," Regina mumbled.
Emma smiled. "Not every baby takes this long. Sometimes the baby decides it's ready to come into the world, and other times it wants to stay in its mommy a little longer."
"Does it hurt?" Ava asked. "I've heard lots of girls at school talking about how having a baby hurts really bad."
Emma and Regina shared a glance. Both of them had been through labor once, and once had been enough. They both loved each of the children that had come from that pain, but how could they explain that?
Luckily, they didn't have to. At that moment, a shocked looking Henry walked into the waiting room; a dazed look on his face.
Everyone in the waiting room jumped to their feet, all of them anxious to hear what was going on. Violet's water had broken in the middle of the night, causing everyone to be taken from their beds. It had already been 12 hours.
"Well?" Regina asked. "Is everything okay?"
Henry just nodded, still looking around in shock. Emma and Regina shared a concerned glance. Something wasn't right.
"Are you okay?" Emma asked, reaching out to squeeze Henry's arm gently.
Henry just looked at Emma for several moments before releasing the breath that he had been holding. "I'm a father."
The whole waiting room sighed in relief. By the look on Henry's face, they had expected to hear that some sort of complication had happened and he had been forced to leave the room.
"And I'm an aunt!" Lola said excitedly, hugging her brother. "Can we go see Violet and the new baby? Please?"
"We have been sitting out here for an awfully long time," Ava said.
Henry smiled. His sisters never failed to relieve the tension in a room. "Sure. I'm sure Violet would love to see you."
"And us too," Emma said, grabbing Regina's hand.
"Of course," Henry said. "The party wouldn't be complete without everyone there."
After little baby Sean had been passed around the room to everyone, he fell asleep in his mother's arms.
"How are you feeling?" Emma asked Violet.
Violet shrugged. "About as well as someone can after being in labor for several painful hours. But he's worth it."
Everyone in the room smiled as Sean gave a little yawn. Emma and Regina could both remember the days when they had held a baby in their arms after long hours of labor. For Emma it had been a fake memory, but it was still there all the same.
"You're going to be one spoiled baby," Lola said to Sean, lightly stroking his cheek.
"Says you," Henry teased. "You were pretty much as spoiled as it gets."
Emma and Regina smiled guiltily. It was true.
"Come on girls, let's go home," Regina said. "I'm sure Violet would like some rest, and there are a lot of other people who would like to see the new family."
"Not a new family," Henry corrected her gently. "Just an addition to the current one."
